Sustainability, community needs and governance in the regeneration policy agenda of Turkey

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2020-01-01

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Akkar Ercan, Zübeyde Müge

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Urban regeneration, Conservation, Istanbul, Renewal, Space

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REGENERATION, HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN TURKEY: CHALLENGES, COMPLEXITIES AND POTENTIALS

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Z. M. Akkar Ercan, “Sustainability, community needs and governance in the regeneration policy agenda of Turkey,” REGENERATION, HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN TURKEY: CHALLENGES, COMPLEXITIES AND POTENTIALS, pp. 70–96, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53562.